fvwm
E284588
fvwm is a highly configurable virtual window manager for the X Window System, known for its modular design and extensive customization capabilities.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| fvwm canonical | 2 |
| F Virtual Window Manager | 1 |
| FVWM | 1 |
| FvwmButtons | 1 |
| FvwmIconMan | 1 |
| FvwmPager | 1 |
| FvwmScript | 1 |
| FvwmTaskBar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2629086 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: fvwm Context triple: [X11, typicalWindowManagers, fvwm]
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A.
Xfwm4
Xfwm4 is the lightweight, compositing window manager used by the Xfce desktop environment on Unix-like systems.
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B.
IceWM
IceWM is a lightweight, fast, and highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, popular on resource-constrained Linux and Unix-like systems.
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C.
Fluxbox
Fluxbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, known for its speed and minimal resource usage.
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D.
Muffin window manager
Muffin window manager is the compositing window manager developed for the Cinnamon desktop environment, providing window management and visual effects on Linux systems.
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E.
Marco window manager
Marco window manager is the lightweight, traditional window manager used by the MATE desktop environment to provide classic window handling and compositing on Unix-like systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: fvwm Target entity description: fvwm is a highly configurable virtual window manager for the X Window System, known for its modular design and extensive customization capabilities.
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A.
Xfwm4
Xfwm4 is the lightweight, compositing window manager used by the Xfce desktop environment on Unix-like systems.
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B.
IceWM
IceWM is a lightweight, fast, and highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, popular on resource-constrained Linux and Unix-like systems.
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C.
Fluxbox
Fluxbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, known for its speed and minimal resource usage.
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D.
Muffin window manager
Muffin window manager is the compositing window manager developed for the Cinnamon desktop environment, providing window management and visual effects on Linux systems.
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E.
Marco window manager
Marco window manager is the lightweight, traditional window manager used by the MATE desktop environment to provide classic window handling and compositing on Unix-like systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
X Window System software
ⓘ
free software ⓘ window manager ⓘ |
| category | stacking window manager ⓘ |
| configurationFile |
.fvwmrc
ⓘ
fvwm2rc ⓘ |
| customizationLevel | high ⓘ |
| designGoal |
high configurability
ⓘ
low resource usage ⓘ modularity ⓘ |
| feature |
extensive configuration file syntax
ⓘ
highly configurable key bindings ⓘ highly configurable mouse bindings ⓘ icon management ⓘ menus customization ⓘ module-based architecture ⓘ multiple desktops and pages ⓘ pager module ⓘ scripting via configuration ⓘ taskbar module ⓘ theming support ⓘ virtual desktops ⓘ window decorations customization ⓘ |
| fullName |
fvwm
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
F Virtual Window Manager
|
| hasModule |
fvwm
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
FvwmButtons
fvwm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
FvwmIconMan
fvwm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
FvwmPager
fvwm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
FvwmScript
fvwm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
FvwmTaskBar
|
| influencedBy | twm ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
surface form:
GPL
|
| name |
fvwm
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
FVWM
|
| notableFor |
extensive customization capabilities
ⓘ
lightweight resource usage ⓘ modular design ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form:
Solaris
Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| origin | derived from twm ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| supports |
EWMH
ⓘ
ICCCM ⓘ Xinerama ⓘ multiple monitors ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
X11
ⓘ
surface form:
X Window System
|
| userInterface | graphical ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fvwm.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: fvwm Description of subject: fvwm is a highly configurable virtual window manager for the X Window System, known for its modular design and extensive customization capabilities.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
F Virtual Window Manager